The Bishop Museum has been selected as one of seven museums in the country to play host in 2013 to the Congressional Gold Medal awarded in 2011 to Japanese-American, or Nisei, World War II veterans in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments.

An exhibition featuring the medal will open on Saturday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

It will then travel to museums in Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Chicago and Houston over the next year.

The Congressional Gold Medal be at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu in March.

Irene Hirano Inouye says her late husband -- U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, who lost his right arm fighting with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy -- saw the tour as an important way to tell others the story.

Congress last year awarded the medal collectively to those who served three Japanese-American units: the 442nd, the 100th Infantry Battalion and the Military Intelligence Service.

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